Neo-Feudalism: back with a vengeance

Polly Toynbee mourned the death of social democracy in the Guardian yesterday which, based on her definition, is not something I will be shedding many tears over. He kneejerk reaction that what Brown should have done instead of raising the IHT threshold was to increase income tax on people with incomes above £100,000 was akin… Continue reading Neo-Feudalism: back with a vengeance

It’s sex, Jim, but not as we know it

I, for one, welcome our new asexual overlords… Humans and most other types of organism reproduce sexually. The union of sperm and eggs results in two copies (or a pair) of genetic instructions within a cell, one copy inherited from each parent. This produces two nearly identical copies of each gene in each cell, and… Continue reading It’s sex, Jim, but not as we know it

Boris4London? Have I got news for you

On 24dash.com: A gaffe from Tory mayoral candidate Boris Johnson reduced Labour MPs to helpless laughter and prompted protests in the Commons. … It was triggered after Mr Efford (Eltham) noted archly that Mr Johnson had made scant contribution to the debate. “The candidate for the mayoral seat for the Conservative Party doesn’t seem to… Continue reading Boris4London? Have I got news for you